*The [http://scdb.swem.wm.edu/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=6514 University Archives Subject File Collection] contains reference files related to surveying at William and Mary as well as examples of surveyor's licenses.

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In the 18th century, the College of William and Mary served as the Surveyor-General of the Colony of Virginia and its faculty were given the right to examine and license surveyors. United States Presidents George Washington and alumnus Thomas Jefferson received licenses to survey in Virginia from William and Mary. After the American Revolution, the rate at which William and Mary granted surveying licenses began to decline drastically and ceased entirely by around 1810 (Surveying, University Archives Subject File Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.)

List of Surveyors

The following is a list of surveyors arranged alphabetically by last name, year they received their license, and the counties they were allowed to survey. Surveyors for companies and counties that would later become states, such as areas in Kentucky and Ohio, are also included. The list is not complete at this time. From Surveying--Lists of Surveyors, University Archives Subject File Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Name

Year

County

Allen, Arthur

1704

Isle of Wight, Surry

Anderson, Richard C.

1784

Henrico

Baker, Henry

1716

Nansemond

Baker, Richard

1754

Isle of Wight

Ball, Joseph

1751

Lancaster; Northumberland

Ball, William

1718

Lancaster; Northumberland

Barrow, Henry

1795

Southampton

Bland, William

1764

Prince George

Bolling, Robert

1702

Charles City

Brooke, Robert

1745

Caroline, Essex

Buckner, William

1709

(Surveyor General)

Cabell, William

1746, 1761, 1783

Albermarle, Amherst, Amherst

Carrington, George

1734, 1749

Goochland, Cumberland

Cary, Miles

1699

(Surveyor General)

Claiborne, Nathaniel

1729

Spottsylvania

Clark, George Rogers

1784

(Virginia State Line)

Cloyd, Gordon

circa 1800

Montgomery

Cocke, Hartwell

1749

Surry

Cooke, Thomas

1707

Gloucester; Middlesex

Cooper, George

1707

Northumberland

Crawford, William

1773

(Ohio Company)

Currie, George

1749

Prince George

Donelson, John

1767

Pittsylvania

Eastham, James

circa 1791

Halifax

Edmunds, John

1754

Sussex

Evans, Thomas

circa 1785

Accomack

Ewell, Bertrand

1751

Prince William

Fontaine, Peter, Jr.

1748, 1748, 1752

Charles City, Lunenburg, Halifax

Fry, Robert

1753

Nansemond

Garland, Griffin

circa 1772

Richmond

Garland, Samuel

1772

Lunenburg

Garland, William

1746

Richmond

Gray, William

1749

Southampton

Greenway, James

1770

Dinwiddie

Gregg, THomas

1707

Stafford

Hardyman, James

circa 1767

Charles City

Harmanson, John

1755

Northampton

Harris, Tyree

1753

Louisa

Hawkins, Jonathan

1748

Hanover

Herring, Alexander

1792

Rockingham

Higginbotham, James

1776, 1788

Amherst, Amherst

Hume, George

1723

Spottsylvania

Jackson, Christopher

1717

James City

Jefferson, Peter

1744, 1756

Goochland, Albermarle

Jefferson, Thomas

1773

Albermarle

Jennings, Daniel

circa 1749

Fairfax

Jones, Robert

1749

Southampton

Kemper, Charles

1800

Fauquier

Kenny, James

1752

King George

Lee, Henry

1750

Culpeper

LeNeve, Jonathan

1752, 1754

Amelia, Prince Edward

Lewis, Thomas

1744, circa 1775

Augusta and Rockingham, Botetourt

Loury, Jonathan

1743

Elizabeth City and Warwick

Markham, John

1756

Henrico

Martin, William Peters

circa 1767

King William

Mauzy, Jonathan

1744

Stafford

May, George

circa 1780

(Jefferson County, Kentucky)

May, William

circa 1785

(Jefferson County, Kentucky)

Monroe, Spence

1743

Westmoreland

Mumford, Thomas

circa 1764

Amelia

Nedderton, Henry

1716

Westmoreland

Nimmo, Gershom

1756

Norfolk and Princess Anne

Parry, William

1749, 1750, 1751, 1723

Charles City and New Kent, James City and York, King and Queen, Middlesex